One of my images from my 2017 coverage at DFW airport of the travel ban was named a top photo of 2017 on a few different lists - Time, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, to name a few. I'm happy to make the lists and also to see DFW recognized as a place where people show up and turn out when they have something to say.

I recently photographed a portrait of Sheila Procella, a veteran of both the US Air Force & the Texas Air National Guard, for Kaiser Health News. Sheila is part of the 25% of female veterans diagnosed with "military sexual trauma" by the VA. Her words and story can be found here.

Months ago, Buzzfeed's senior culture writer, Anne Helen Peterson, came down to Dallas to begin telling the story of middle-eastern refugees resettled in this city. This finished article perfectly captures both the heart-wrenching losses and hard-won triumphs experienced by refugees, as I learned in the days and days I got to spend with so many that welcomed me into their homes and let me bring my camera and take a look into their most personal moments (and fed me, and then fed me some more).

The story doesn't just profile refugees. It's also about the Christian volunteers who found their way to a life of service they never expected and a city that continues to open its arms to those in need in the most surprising ways. As Anne said:

"This is a Dallas that voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton. A Dallas that’s 49% nonwhite, and where nearly 1 in 4 residents were born somewhere outside of the United States. Islands of near-complete whiteness persist in the Highland Park area — a highly manicured self-incorporated enclave within Dallas proper, known for its exemplary schools and the tendency to pull over anyone who’s not white. But in the rest of Dallas, a child is far more likely to go to school with kids who don’t look like them or speak the same language at home."

"Dallas is deliberately making room — in its heart, in its conception of itself — for refugees."

Immigration isn't the biggest story in the news in these days - in fact, this article was itself delayed for weeks due to the never-ending barrage of breaking news from the current administration - but life has continued to happen to these new Texans in the mean time. Getting to help tell these stories in my own community is the very best part of my job & I'm always delighted when a publication like Buzzfeed is willing to spend valuable resources here.

I was covering the protest in Dallas on July 7 that ended with the death of five DPD officers. I left mere minutes before shots were fired & immediately returned when I got the news. The protest was remarkably peaceful & organized, and it felt like stepping onto a different planet when I drove back to the same streets following the shooting. Here is a selection of images I took that day.

From an article earlier this year about mega-ranches being sold off due to the recent decline in oil prices. Not pictured - the bald eagle we saw while driving into the ranch! Check out this link for more pictures and a good read.

Modern Luxury Dallas recently featured a 2-page spread of an image I took of Bill Clinton speaking in Dallas on behalf of his wife's campaign. This particular shoot was one of 6 presidential campaign events I covered in that week, and I got to practice my skills as an interviewee as the magazine needed a few quotes. I think it turned out well!

Inside a nondescript office building on Greenville Ave. in Dallas, dozens of International Rescue Committee employees work daily to resettle refugees fleeing every imaginable type of conflict. There's been a lot of talk lately about tiny number of Syrian refugees they've resettled in DFW, and I spent some time at their offices recently for the WSJ to show what that actual work looks like. Read about it here.